Town will hire permit tech

La Conner Town Council approved a job description for a Town Permit Technician during their August 9 hybrid meeting.

This position will restructure the clerical and administrative assistant position formerly held by Danielle Freiberger, who took a job with the City of Mount Vernon.

The new post’s pay scale will bump up to $48,000 annually and is designed to provide support to the planning department based on job parameters crafted by staff and administrator Scott Thomas.

“The new permit technician would focus more on planning than the hodge-podge we’ve seen in the past,” Thomas explained. “We’...